 BY: KWABENA OPPONG BOAKYE-YIADOM

 What the rudiments of
music are.
 An introduction to
notation


 The rudiments of
music are the basic
elements of music
theory. They include
the musical notation,
pitch , time , scales ,
key signatures, time
signatures and
intervals together
with their typical
uses in melody and
harmony.
 The rudiments of
music are those
elements of theory
that are normally
learned, more or less
explicitly, as part of
learning to play any
musical instrument,
as distinct from the
more abstract
aspects of theory
that would be
studied as a more
academic, discipline

 THE STAVE/STAFF
 All music is upon, between and around five
lines called staff/stave.


BARS
Every piece of music is divided up into equal
measures by vertical lines called bars. Each bar
must contain a certain number of notes and
rests, or both, regulated by figures at the
beginning of the music called time signature.
A double bar line is used to end a part of or
whole of a composition.

 LINE NOTES = when the Space notes= when
runs through the middle note is between the
of a note. Lines, in a space.

 Notes on the stave are determined by use of
signs known as clefs.

Treble stave notes
Bass stave notes

 The stem of a note on the middle line can go
up or down but normally lower note stems go
up and higher go down.
 To provide for notes which lie above or below
the stave, short additional lines called ledger
lines are used . Each note above or below the
stave has its own line or lines.